Railway-ticket.



W. S. PARKER. RAILWAY TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7l 1909.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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WILLIAM s. Pannen, or orTUMwA, Iowa.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May i31, 1I`lfl0.

i Application led September 7, 1909. Serial No. 516,460.

To all who/m it may concern:

Beit known that I., WILLIAM S. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Ottumwa, in the county of lVapello and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Railway-Tickets, of

which the following is a specification.

My endeavor in this invention has been to devise a construction of railroad mterhne ticket which is much simpler-than the construction new employed, and which willv be more convenient for the ticket'agents, conductors, auditors and passengers, and more easilyv understood than the interline tickets new used. Among its features of novelty are the following: Each of the individual tickets of whichO the interline ticket is composed is printed upon a piece or slip of paper by itself entirely disconnected from other tickets, instead of being printed in a series with other tickets on a long strip or ribben of paper in the customary way. Each ticket is provided with its own individual auditors stub, and the stub is printed on the same piece of paper with the ticket`in such manner as to permit its ready severation therefrom.

The slips and their attached stubs thus separately printed are kept in stock sufficient to supply the demand at the offices of the ticket agents, and when a sale is made, the agent assembles a contract, a ticket over the line making the sale, and separate tickets over the connecting lines, as are needed to make the ticket `complete over the entire route agreed upon with the purchaser, and after arranging the tickets with their attached stubs in the order inwhich they are to be used, the agent secures them and the contract together by means of sta-ples or other fastenings inserted along the vertical margin at the left side, uniting all the stubs together at the same time 'and in the` same way. After thus binding the parts together the agent severs the agents or auditors stubs from the ticket, leaving the latter in book forni of a size well adapted to be carried in the pocket and very convenient for the passonger to consult and for the conductor 1n canceling or withdrawing the tickets. In the paper upon which the tickets and stubs y are printed, I fornra transverse perforated line, so that after they are assembled and united, as above stated, the series of stubs "which uuitedly form a complete record of the ticket sold, .may be torn off from the tickets, leaving the .latter bound and ready for delivery to the purchaser. I also, by preference, form a vertical line of perforations along the left margin of the tickets and inside the staples or fastenings, so that when a ticket is to be taken up by the conductor it may be readily detached without destroying or injurin the book in any way. The

- contract I prefer to print upon a .double leaf, which may be folded along its central ver' tical line and bound along the fold with the tickets, and also to provide it with a stub which may be bound with the ticket stubs, and severed at the same time therewith, a perforated line beingformed between it vand the contract. The contract `also has figures denoting the date and adapted to be punched out. All these features of my improvement are fully set forth below and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which latter* Figure 1 is an exterior view of my improved interline ticket and the stubs belonging to the same, after the several tickets and stubs have been assembled and bound by the ticket agent. Fig. 2 is a front view of the contract'and its stub, Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show sample tickets and their correspondi g stubs, unbound. Figs. 6 and 7 are secti ns on thelines 6 6 and 7 7, respectively, of Fig. 1. Fig. S is a vieW'of the back of a portion of one of the slips showing a usual form of stamp which gives the date of issue and point from which the ticket is sold. ,y

In said drawing 8 and 9 represent the two leaves upon which the' contract which the passenger-makes with the railroad company is printed. The leaf 9 is adapted to be folded over upon leaf 8, so they can be bound with-the tickets along their central line, and a stub 10 is amxed to leaf 8 as plainly shown, witih a perforated line 11 between it and said lea The tickets or slips are shown at 12, 13 and 14, and each entitles the holder to passage over a different portion of thcroute, and the points and routes covered by each are designated therein. Thus ticket 12 has designations which call for passage over the line of road issuing the ticket, and 13 and 14 have respectively designations which call for passage over connecting lines `forming parts of the entire routeto be traveled andcovered by the interline ticket formed by the united tickets. The designations of said lines or routes are conveniently made by punch marks A and B. Ticket 13 calls for before binding.

passage over a connecting line to a local station on such line or to the terminus thereof. lf the passenger does not go beyond the line of ticket 13, then no further tickets are embodied in the interline ticket, but if he does `desire to go beyond, then ticket 14 is added and bound in with tickets 12 and 13.l This and B which of these connecting roads is chosen by the person purchasing the ticket. The completed ticket reads and is good for passage through any desired number of ,junction points however varied the route may be. The junction point at which any slip of the ticket begins may be termed the initial junction point, and the junction point at which any slip terminates may be called the terminal junction point of that slip, the

terminal junction point of one slip being the same as the initial junction point of the next succeeding slip of the ticket.

As shown all these tickets are provided with their own individu il stubs 12, 13a and 14a, printed upon the same pieces of paper der in which they will lwith the contract -d with them, and se arable therefrom along transverse lines o perforations 15, such lines permitting the tearing off of all the stubs which have been assembled in forming a ticket at the same time and in one operation. with vertical lines of perforations at 16 Iwhich facilitate the removal of the tickets lfrom the book in which 'they are bound with the contract as hereinafter stated.

When theagent receives an order for a ticket, say from Chicago to Seattle, he proceeds tocbuild a ticket as follows: lFirst filling into the contract the starting and destination points, he then takes out from the stock -of ticket slipssuch las are necessary to cover the route to be traveled, one calling for passage over the road issuing ticket, and others calling for passage through successive junction `points over the connecting lines. These he arranges in the orbe used, and in which the junction point or pointsvvill be reached u part of the pile. He tlien inserts staples 17 through the-stubs, contract and tickets along the left vertical margin, as seen at Fig. 1, thus'uniting the stubs together and also uniting the contract and tickets together.

- He then tears off the united stubs, which form therecord of the ticket and by which The tickets are also provided folded forming a esas/e he accounts to the proper oflicers of the road, and deliversy the-contract and attached tickets to the passenger. The latter form a book in which cach ticket is a separate leaf, of a very convenient size to be carried in the pocket, and may be even inserted in a Wallet or hand bag. Such books are also easy to consult, are readily understood, and they are not likely to become mnssed or crumpled or .'defaced or injured.

Tickets thus constructed are easily and quickly put together, 'are or maybe devoid of mucilage, do not gather dirt,'will Withstand wear and such usage as the passengers usually give them, and they are decidedly 'more economical than present constructions as each interline ticket takes the place of many, saving much in the way of cabinets and oliice room, and saving a very large portion of the printing and paper heretofore required. The liability to error in making up accounts 'is greatly lessened by"the fact that each ticket has its own stub and that the stubs are secured to the contract stub in proper successive order and are in no danger of becoming mixed with the stubs of other tickets. The conductors are relieved from liability to error, as the tickets are lifted in 'the order in which they are bound in the book. The ticket agents time is saved as it requires but a moment to select proper tickets and fasten them together. The tickets ybeing protected from rough usage by the form. given the book, maybe printed upon thinner paper than is now used, rendering them comparatively safe from changes or erasures. Each ticket in connection with the contract may be 'used for a passage continuing beyond the local line, thereby saving one ticket form, and also saving by its combined form practically twice as many ticket forms as there are diverging roads from the -road gateway or junction point. It isalso 'adapted to be used for round trips, both I local and intel-line.. The junction point printed at the tops of the slips secures ac.

curacy in selecting the interline ticket slips from the cabinet. VThe invention permits the making of all the tickets and the contractof one uniform size.. y

The slips are or may loev conveniently classified or indexed according to the junction points from which they begin. Thus allv slips beginning from Chicago will Abe fac similes of each other, each having desig- |nated thereon all routes from Chicago; similarly, all St. Louis slips are classified together, and so on, for all junctionv points. A collection of slips suitable for making up any conceivable ticket is thus arranged for rapid and accurate handling and occupies a small drawerycabinet or space. I may lstate that the slips of a junction point may be in two or more subdivisions in the drawer or cabinet; thus, in the case of a junction point from which many lines run out, some known as eastward lines and the others as westward lines, as is the case, for instance, at Chicago, I may subdivide its slips into two collections, which may be indexed or known as Chicago east and Chicago west. But

this is a mere matter of convenience and does not involve any departure from my invention. j

The routes used and other particular designations on the slips are preferably indicated by punching, as shown at A and B, but the invention does not depend upon such4 particular means of marking or designating. The leaves 8 and 9 comprising the contract need not be applied as a cover to the. slips of which the ticket essentially consists, but

may be applied in front of or at the back.

of such slips. Each of the slips will ordi narily be stamped on the back as indicated in Fig. 8, and such stamp will be applied in two places, on the bodyof its slip and on Vits stub. `The slip 9 need not be without an auditors stub, as shown in Fig. 2, but may have a stub marked to-.correspond with the body of its slip. This slip9 is provided with time limit' marks for ,punching and may be used as a schedule or list of thedif-` ferent route`slips of which the ticket has been built up.

I clairnzy 1. VAn interline ticket composed of separate and distinct slips'secured together, one slip having designated thereon the point of departure, the route-therefrom and a junction point terminating such route, .and vanother slip having designated thereon the said junction point of the first slip and the' various routes from the said junction oint, each slip constituting a separatean distinct coupon for that part of a`journey and such coupons being individually 'removable frointhe ticket as a whole, which ticket is completed for issue by particularly designating one of tliesaid routes on the second inentionedslip and the point of destination, substantially as set forth.

2. An interline ticket composed. of separate and distinct slips secured together, one

slip having designated 4thereon the point of departure and the route therefrom, another slip having designated thereon an initial junction point and various routes from the l said initial junction point, and a third slip having designated thereon a second initial' junction point and various routes therefrom,

which ticket is completed' for issue by pai'- ticularly vdesignating one of the Vsaid routes en the second'mentioned slip, being a route leading to the said second junctionpoint, and by particularly designating on the third slip one of .the routes thereon leading from the said second junction point, and by particularly designating on each slip the terminal junction or destination point thereof, the

and the initial junction point on; each slipA being the same as the terminal junction point ot the next preceding slip, substantially as set forth. 1

" 3. An interline ticket composed of separate-and distinct slips superposed 'on each other and secured together, each succeeding slip having designated thereon a junction point at which the passage for which it is .of departure, the route therefrom and a junction point terminating such route, and another slip having designated thereon the said junction point of the first slip and various routes from the said junction point, the said slips being also provided with auditors portions or stubs having designations of junction point and routes corresponding with those of their respective slips, and the stubs being correspondingly arranged and' superposed on each other and simultaneously detachable after the ticket has beencoinpleted, which ticket is completed forissue by particularly designating one of the said routes on the second slip and its stub slip and its stub, substantially as set forth.-

5. An interline ticket composed of separate slips, each slip liaving designations showing the route by which it is to be used and 4adapted to serve as an individual ticket for that ait of a continuous journey, and

each slip aving also `an auditors portion o r stub from which stub it is individually removable independently of the other slips and oint of 'destination-on the second stubs, the said stub having designations eorre- A sponding with those of the body of its slip, the stubs being arranged together and superposed on each-.other and the bodies ofthe slips being arranged together and superposed on each other, means securing the slips' together and independent means' securing the stubs together, whereby the stubs may be severed as a whole from the bodies of the slips, on a line between the securing means of the bodies and the securing nieans'of the stubs, `when the ticket is completed, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM limitan.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, EDWARD S. Evan'rs. 

